scholarly journals The relationship between leadership style and health worker motivation, job satisfaction and teamwork in Uganda

2018 ◽  
Vol Volume 10 ◽  
pp. 21-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Conrad Musinguzi ◽  
Leticia Namale ◽  
Elizeus Rutebemberwa ◽  
Aruna Dahal ◽  
Patricia Nahirya-Ntege ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Health Worker ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Health Worker Motivation ◽  
Worker Motivation ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Factors influencing the motivation of maternal health workers in conflict setting of Mogadishu, Somalia.

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naima Said Sheikh ◽  
Abdi Gele
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Health Worker ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Targeted Interventions ◽  
Health Worker Motivation ◽  
Tertiary Hospitals ◽  
Worker Motivation ◽  
Intrinsic Job Satisfaction

Abstract Background: Motivated health workers play an important role in delivering high-quality maternal health services, especially in low-income countries where maternal mortality rates are high, and shortages of human resource for health is prevalent. The aim of this study is to investigate the motivation of maternal health workers in three tertiary hospitals in Mogadishu Somalia. Method: To investigate health worker motivation in Somalia, we used a semi-structured questionnaire that was validated and widely used in Sub-Saharan Africa. Data were collected from 220 health workers across three tertiary hospitals in Mogadishu between February and April 2020. Health worker motivation was measured using seven constructs: general motivation, burnout, job satisfaction, intrinsic job satisfaction, organizational commitment, conscientiousness, timeliness and attendance. A multivariate regression analysis was performed to determine the predictors of health worker motivation. Results: The study found that male health workers have a higher work motivation, with a mean score of 92.75 (SD 21.31) versus 90.43 (SD 21.61) in women. A significant correlation was found between health workers motivation and being an assistant, nurse, physician, pediatric-assistant, midwife, supervisor and pharmacist. Unexpectedly, the gynecologists and midwives were the least motivated groups among the different professions, with mean scores of 83.63, (SD: 27.41) and 86.95 (SD: 21.08), respectively. Of the aforementioned seven motivation constructs, the highest mean motivation scores (from 1-5) were observed in conscientiousness and intrinsic job satisfaction. Conclusion: The results highlight the importance of targeted interventions that increase the motivation of female health workers, particularly gynecologists and midwives in Somalia. This can be done by providing non-financial incentives, in addition to encouraging their participation in the decision-making process. Further research is needed to investigate the effect of a lack of motivation among gynecologists and midwives on maternal health in Somalia.

School leadership, teacher’s psychological empowerment and work-related outcomes

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (7) ◽  
pp. 1501-1514
Author(s):  
Kersti Kõiv ◽  
Kadi Liik ◽  
Mati Heidmets
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Perceived Leadership ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating effect of teacher’s psychological empowerment between school leadership style and teachers’ work-related outcomes. Design/methodology/approach A total of 711 teachers from 31 Estonian schools were surveyed with a questionnaire measuring four dimensions of psychological empowerment (competence, meaning, self-determination and impact), school leadership characteristics (leadership style, leader’s empowering behavior and trust in leader) and teacher’s work-related outcomes (job satisfaction and workplace attachment). AMOS path analysis was used to investigate the direct and indirect relations between the teachers’ perceptions of school leadership, their psychological empowerment and their workplace attachment and job satisfaction. Findings This study found that psychological empowerment (subscales meaning and impact) mediates the relationship between perceived leadership empowerment behavior and teachers’ work-related outcomes. Also, the psychological empowerment (meaning and impact) mediates the relationship between perceived leadership style and teachers’ work-related outcomes. Trust in the principal has direct and indirect effect (through psychological empowerment) on job satisfaction, whereas there only seems to be indirect effect on workplace attachment through two components of psychological empowerment. Practical implications The mediating role of psychological empowerment includes an important message for school principals – in order to empower employees it is not sufficient to merely delegate formal power and decision-making rights. To facilitate the development of psychological empowerment, it is important to provide employees with an opportunity to experience agency, to experience that their voice and opinions are taken into account (perceived impact) and the purpose and targets of the whole organization are discussed with the employees and formulated in collaboration with them (perceived meaning). Originality/value Psychological empowerment as a mediating variable has not been widely researched, especially in school environment. The results will provide important signals for school principals, where and how to find leverage to improve teachers’ job satisfaction and workplace attachment.

scholarly journals How to do (or not to do)… Measuring health worker motivation in surveys in low- and middle-income countries

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Borghi ◽  
J Lohmann ◽  
E Dale ◽  
F Meheus ◽  
J Goudge ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Worker ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
High Quality Research ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Health Worker Motivation ◽  
Worker Motivation

Abstract A health system’s ability to deliver quality health care depends on the availability of motivated health workers, which are insufficient in many low income settings. Increasing policy and researcher attention is directed towards understanding what drives health worker motivation and how different policy interventions affect motivation, as motivation is key to performance and quality of care outcomes. As a result, there is growing interest among researchers in measuring motivation within health worker surveys. However, there is currently limited guidance on how to conceptualize and approach measurement and how to validate or analyse motivation data collected from health worker surveys, resulting in inconsistent and sometimes poor quality measures. This paper begins by discussing how motivation can be conceptualized, then sets out the steps in developing questions to measure motivation within health worker surveys and in ensuring data quality through validity and reliability tests. The paper also discusses analysis of the resulting motivation measure/s. This paper aims to promote high quality research that will generate policy relevant and useful evidence.

Does supervisor gender moderate the mediation of job embeddedness between LMX and job satisfaction?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jodie Louise Stewart ◽  
Karl Kilian Konrad Wiener
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Role Theory ◽  
Job Embeddedness ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose This paper aims to examine the quality of the relationship between a supervisor and their subordinate, conceptualised as leader member exchange (LMX), and the mediating influence of subordinate’s job embeddedness on job satisfaction. The LMX model considered the four-gender dominant leadership style facets, female – affect and loyalty (communal), and male – contribution and professional respect (agentic). Social role theory was applied to explain societies influence on leadership style. The moderating influence of supervisor gender on the relationship of LMX facets and subordinate embeddedness is investigated. Design/methodology/approach This cross-sectional survey study of 213 self-selected employed participants investigated the mediation of job embeddedness LMX and job embeddedness and the moderation impact of supervisor gender on this mediation. Findings Job embeddedness mediated the relationship between all four facets of LMX and job satisfaction. Supervisor gender did not moderate the relationships of the four LMX facets and job embeddedness. These findings highlight the potential impact of a homogeniuos sample in relation to industry type and culture as this may impact on the findings. That is, participants in this study were predominantly females working in female dominant industries. Originality/value This study builds on the work of Collins et al. (2014) who examined the moderating impact of subordinate gender on the mediating relationship of job embeddedness on the relationship between LMX facets and job satisfaction. Previously, the gender role of supervisors on this relationship was not explored.

Determinants and consequences of health worker motivation in hospitals in Jordan and Georgia

2004 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 343-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynne Miller Franco ◽  
Sara Bennett ◽  
Ruth Kanfer ◽  
Patrick Stubblebine
Keyword(s):  
Health Worker ◽  
Health Worker Motivation ◽  
Worker Motivation

scholarly journals Human Resource Management Of Bureaucracy In Indonesia: Is It True That Job Satisfaction Increases Employee Performance ?

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 3218-3231
Author(s):  
Meimoon Ibrahim, Ilyas Lamuda
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Provincial Government ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Critical Ratio ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Analytical Tools ◽  
The Relationship

Objective: This study aims to analyze how the effect of leadership variables on employee performance with job satisfaction as intervening in the provincial government of Gorontalo-Indonesia. Methods: The approach used is explanatory research, pattern of research that seeks to explain the relationship of variables referred so that the relationship of these variables can be tested with a quantitative approach and hypothesis testing used is the method of Structural Equation Modeling, with analytical tools of Loading Factor and Critical Ratio which is preceded by a validity test and reliability test.  The sample was drawn randomly according to representative samples at the level of the position group as many as 5% employee population of the Provincial it. Results ;The results of the study show that leadership style has a positive and significant influence on job satisfaction and leadership style has an effect on employees' performance, but job satisfaction has negative and non-significant effect on employee performance. Conclusion; Expected that this research could also be developed in other fields or a wider scope and not only because each region has different characteristics. So it is recommended that policy makers as bureaucratic managers to pay more attention to job satisfaction factors in order to further improve employee performance.

scholarly journals Association between health worker motivation and healthcare quality efforts in Ghana

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Kaba Alhassan ◽  
Nicole Spieker ◽  
Paul van Ostenberg ◽  
Alice Ogink ◽  
Edward Nketiah-Amponsah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Worker ◽  
Healthcare Quality ◽  
Health Worker Motivation ◽  
Worker Motivation

scholarly journals The Relationship between Leadership Style, Organizational Culture, and Job Satisfaction in the U.S. Healthcare Industry

2017 ◽  
Vol 03 ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mouhamadou Sow ◽  
Jeanie Murphy ◽  
Rosa Osuoha ◽  
◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Healthcare Industry ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Healthcare Employees

The purpose of this quantitative, correlational study, based on the theoretical framework of transformational leadership, was to examine the relationships between leadership style, organizational culture, and job satisfaction in the U.S. healthcare industry. The study addressed a problem faced by U.S. healthcare leaders, who are currently unaware as to how transformational leadership and organizational culture can impact job satisfaction in an industry with high burnout and low satisfaction levels. The following research questions were posed: (1) Is there a statistically significant relationship between transformational leadership and job satisfaction in the U.S. healthcare industry? (2) Is there a statistically significant relationship between organizational culture and job satisfaction in the U.S. healthcare industry? (3) Is the relationship between transformational leadership and job satisfaction in the U.S. healthcare industry mediated by organizational culture? Data to answer the research questions were collected through simple random sampling processes that resulted in a sample of 111 American healthcare employees and analyzed with Stata software. The main finding of the study was that an apparent effect of transformational leadership on job satisfaction disappeared when organizational culture variables were taken into consideration. The results suggest that healthcare organizations should attempt to move away from externally focused cultures in order to increase job satisfaction. Such a move could improve social outcomes by improving the quality of work for millions of stressed American healthcare employees.

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